The title of this book is very interesting and it surely attracts many readers. In the book, Rhoden explains that the title came from something a white spectator said to Larry Johnson during a basketball game in Los Angeles. The spectator yelled, “Johnson, you’re nothing but a $40 million slave” (ix). This book was supposed to be titled “Lost Tribe Wondering” but eight years later it became $40 Million Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete. Rhoden explains that this title describes the wealth that white individuals make of black athletes and how this situation has barely changed from generation to generation. If it is analyzed, it is basically saying that white people are in control and have power over black athletes,
